[Enterococci: high level of resistance to aminoglycosides in strains isolated by different laboratories in Catalonia]

Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 1990 Apr;8(4):213-7.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We study 583 strains of enterococci isolates by 19 laboratories from Catalonia: 546 E. faecalis (93.5%), 34 E. faecium (6%) and 3 E. durans (0.5%). We inoculated all the strains in Müeller-Hinton agar with 2,000 mg/l of one of the following aminoglycoside: gentamicin, tobramycin, amikacin, streptomycin and kanamycin. Global incidence of high-level resistance was 9.4% to gentamicin, 7.3% to tobramycin, 0.2% to amikacin, 30.3% to streptomycin and 37.7% to kanamycin, with important changes in regard of procedence.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aminoglycosides
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Cross Infection / microbiology
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Spain
  • Species Specificity
  • Streptococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Streptococcus / drug effects*
  • Streptococcus / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Aminoglycosides
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents